Chargers beat Browns with late FG

Free agenct signing Tramon Williams, given $10 million guaranteed by the Browns in the offseason (h/t Spotrac), jumped offside to gift the Chargers with a second attempt at a game-winning field goal, one that was converted by San Diego kicker Josh Lambo to cap off the 30-27 victory. “I know he’s got probably more Manziel jerseys out there than Ian Kennedy jerseys”.

The big pickup put the Chargers in field goal range and in position to win the game.

“The guys that were battling out there at the end, the guys that had to step up and play, Im proud of them, ” Coach Mike Pettine told reporters in the visitors locker room in Qualcomm Stadium. Before he had a chance to get down, his teammates picked him up. Johnson entered the game with just 68 rushing yards in three games. A blitz cleared the way for Rivers to throw a short pass to Inman, who ran until he was stopped at the 1-yard line by a sprinting Barkevious Mingo for a 68-yard gain. “The type of game it was, it was just kind of a scrappy game”. The Browns starter passed for 356 yards and two touchdowns.

After last Sunday’s drubbing at the hands of the Minnesota Vikings, San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers took a page out of Aaron Rodgers’ playbook at his post game press conference and asked everyone to relax.

“I’m just disappointed”, McCown said.

The Chargers snap a two-game skid and improve to 2-2 on the season. “I know we keep saying that, I keep saying that”. 500 is of the utmost importance for the San Diego Chargers. Crowell played very well against San Diego, but Johnson is making a clear push for a bigger role.

The Chargers took a 13-10 lead with Lambo’s successful 45-yard field goal with 1:36 left in the first half.

Any debates about if Josh McCown or Johnny Manziel should serve as the starting quarterback of the Cleveland Browns when the Browns travel to take on the Baltimore Ravens next Sunday have disappeared.

The Chargers will play without three starting offensive linemen: center Chris Watt (groin), left guard Orlando Franklin (ankle) and left tackle King Dunlap (concussion).

It might be overshadowed by all the other issues the Browns seem to be fighting.

In 20 games under Pettine, the Browns have now allowed 96 points in the final two minutes of the first or second half. That TD score was set up when the Browns won a challenge of McCown’s 19-yard pass to Barnidge that originally was ruled incomplete. That made up San Diego’s eight-point lead, the largest deficit of the game. No. 1 cornerback Joe Haden was a surprise inactive with a broken finger, joining end Desmond Bryant (shoulder), inside linebacker Craig Robertson and outside linebacker Scott Solomon on the sideline. Rivers will need protection if he’s to succeed and getting sacked four times in each of the last two games hasn’t helped at all. Wide receiver Travis Benjamin caught passes of 11 and 15 yards during the march. On 4th and 7 from the 22-yard line, the Chargers lined up for the game-winning field goal.

The Cardinals went on an 80-yard drive, capped by quarterback Carson Palmer’s 23-yard touchdown throw to rookie running back David Johnson. Allen hauled in a 28-yard touchdown pass from Rivers in the back corner of the end zone with cornerback Pierre Desir providing tight coverage and gave the Chargers a 7-3 lead over the Browns with 48 seconds to play in the first quarter.

Cleveland went from potentially taking this game to overtime to leaving the field with a 1-3 record, all thanks to a lack of discipline which was on full display all afternoon.